| | 1 | = Building AMIs for easier deployment = |
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| | 3 | If your region doesn't yet have a Sahana AMI in, then it is easy to create one which allows easier deployment of future instances for both you & others. The only cost to you is a small amount of time to publish it & then using up your 1Gb Snapshot allowance within the free tier. |
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| | 5 | * Install the instance as-above |
| | 6 | * Don't run the configure script |
| | 7 | * Shutdown the EBS instance. |
| | 8 | {{{ |
| | 9 | shutdown -h now |
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| | 11 | }}} |
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| | 13 | * Go to your aws console for the current region at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home | EC2 Console] |
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| | 15 | * Select the debian instance you just prepared in the "Instances" |
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| | 17 | * Select " Create Image (EBS AMI) " in the "Instance Actions" drop down. |
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| | 19 | [[Image(http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/raw-attachment/wiki/InstallationGuidelines/Amazon/create-image.png, 75%)]] |
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| | 21 | * Choose an Image name - Lets say - "Sahana Eden" and fill in a description. |
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| | 23 | [[Image(http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/raw-attachment/wiki/InstallationGuidelines/Amazon/create-image-config.png, 75%)]] |
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| | 25 | * Click "Create this Image" |
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| | 27 | * Go to the "AMIS" menu and select "Owned by me" and "All Platforms" in the Viewing dropdown. |
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| | 29 | [[Image(http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/raw-attachment/wiki/InstallationGuidelines/Amazon/ami-built.png, 75%)]] |
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| | 31 | * Wait for about 5 minutes and hit refresh for the AMI you just built to appear. |
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| | 33 | * Select the AMI and click the Permissions button - Select public, to make the image public. |
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| | 35 | [[Image(http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/raw-attachment/wiki/InstallationGuidelines/Amazon/ami-permissions.2.png, 75%)]] |
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| | 37 | Keep Templates as EBS Volumes as this is cheaper than Snapshots |
